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HARDYE CAFÉ—SUCCESSFUL FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

From September 2009 we have been running our own dining rooms and coffee bars no longer linked to any outside catering organisations. It has meant we can decide for ourselves what we sell, what we put into our food and how much we charge. It means we can try new things, buy fresher, healthier, more local food. And it means we can respond more quickly to what our students ask for and any money goes directly into the school. The main dining room has been open at morning break for snacks, salads and sandwiches and at lunch time for at least two main meals, a pasta bar, mix-it-yourself salad as well as sandwiches, pizzas and fresh fruit. In the Sixth Form Centre there is a new coffee bar and the Sixth Form Canteen still serves main meals, light meals, mix-it-yourself salads, chips and pizzas.

We have stuck to OUR PROMISES

☺ We will use the best quality ingredients. ☺ We will buy meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables fresh from local farms. ☺ We will sell only free range eggs. ☺ We will keep our meals as healthy as we can; adding no salt, using no GM food and keeping

to all government guidelines. ☺ We will keep our prices as low as we can. We will put up no prices this year and we will re-

duce prices wherever we can. ☺ We will listen to what students want and within the healthy eating guidelines, reflect their

tastes in what we offer. ☺ Any money we make will go directly to the school, improving what we offer. ☺ Mrs Thompson and her team have made a wonderful beginning and the School and the

students are already benefitting from better, healthier food.


Year 9

Although this is the longest of the school terms, time since September has ‘flown’ by. The first sets of student Reviews have been completed and it was most promising to see so many positive and encouraging staff com-ments. Thank you to all those parents who ‘braved’ the awful weather to collect reviews and discuss their son/daughter’s progress at the recent Tutor Consultation Evening. We are using a new contact system from the Year Offices, called Group Call. Could I please ask you to inform the School if you change ANY of your contact numbers (it is a particular issue with mobile numbers) as this will greatly assist both the Attendance Officer and staff in the Main School Office. This term Year 9 tutor groups have been collecting pens, pencils and other stationery equipment to send out Afghanistan. They

were answering a request to help children whose education has been disrupted be-cause of the war that has been going on for nearly 8 years. The students have collected nearly 24 kilograms of equipment which will all be put to good use. The photo above shows members of the Year 9 Council with some of these packages. All tutor groups have been encouraged to provide a Christmas Hamper that can be decorated. These hampers will be delivered to local families and elderly people in need of a little Christmas cheer. As a Year Team,

we will be awarding a tutor group prize for the best Year 9 Hamper. The Sport For All Basketball Competition is now in its final stages. The winners will be awarded their Trophy and Certificates in Presentation Assembly on the last day of term. The four semi-finalists are 9JB, 9HW, 9MO and 9DM. The last day of term offers us an excellent opportunity to celebrate the talents and achievements of the Year 9 students. The day will start with a Presentation Assembly. Each tutor nominates a student who they feel has made the most effort in their aca-demic progress and a student who has con-tributed most to supporting the tutor group. This also offers a platform to issue sporting, musical and further awards from other de-partments in the School.

During the afternoon, all students will take part in a tutor-based, Year 9 quiz organised by Mr Goulding. They will also have the op-portunity to either ‘star’ or watch the Stu-dent Talent Competition which takes place on the final afternoon. Finally we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. The Year 9 Team

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Year 11 Year 11 have been working extremely hard as this term’s coursework dead-lines begin to loom large. In fact, attendance at both Maths and English clubs

after school has far exceeded that of previous years—it has been fantastic to see the level of autonomy and general de-sire to take charge of their own learning amongst the students. We are confident that the culmination of this ongoing hard work will be excellent results come the sum-mer term. The Year Heads would also like to take this opportunity to thank the number of teachers who have organised these clubs and worked one-to-one with our students after school. There has been a real buzz among the students and desire to succeed that has been fed by the dedication of staff. If your child has not taken advantage of the wide range of coursework and homework clubs after school now is the time for them to find out from their teachers when club night is on. Alongside the excellent focus on improving coursework and exam technique all stu-dents this term took a Maths Exam in early November. The attitude and preparation shown towards this was very impressive. Higher level Science students also took an

exam in Mid-November, again, an atmos-phere of calm and confidence pervaded their approach to this event. The most notable sporting achievement this term was the story of the Year 11 Rugby Team’s journey to the final of the County Cup. Perhaps the best aspect of the team’s performance was the togetherness and team spirit amongst them. This was great to see. Year 11 students have also taken a leading role in the Hardye’s Hop Musical extravaganzas. Perhaps the touchstones of this term, whether in terms of sport, music or general academic performance, have been active involvement, togetherness and responsibil-ity shown by the Year Group. In order to wind down from the undoubted stresses and strains of their hard work this term, the Year Group will round off the year with a Cinema trip to Tower Park in Poole. Students will have the chance to watch a film from a selection on general release and will also be able to relax over lunch before returning to Dorchester in the company of their tutors. We would like to take this opportunity to wish the students and parents of Year 11 a happy Christmas. The Year 11 Team

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Year 10 I would like to take this opportunity to thank Year 10 students for the effort they have made this term. Many students received excellent reviews and they reflect the deter-mined and focused approach they have to their studies. The tutor consultation eve-ning was well attended and provided an excellent opportunity to discuss progress and follow up any issues resulting from the reviews. The presentation assembly in the last week will be the first opportunity Year 10 stu-dents have to be awarded achievement ties and a time for the Year group to celebrate its success amidst the dark nights and aw-ful weather. Eight students attended the countywide conference on anti bullying in November. They worked with other schools to develop ways to tackle the difficult issue of cyber bullying. Four of the students are now mem-bers of an e-safety group working with other schools in the DASP pyramid to provide the best possible support and advice on how to use media technology safely. 15 students attended the first outdoor edu-

cation competition run by students from Kingston Maurward. On a windy day in No-vember the students worked in teams of five on various activities culminating in a raft building event. The students were a credit to the school and achieved a very respectable second place. The last afternoon of this term will end with the whole Year group watching the ever popular talent show and then taking part in an interactive Christmas quiz in their tutor groups. It promises to be a pleasant and relaxing end to a long term of hard work. Looking ahead all students will take their first maths module in March so an excellent New Years resolution would be to attend Maths Help sessions Monday to Thursday after school every week. Finally, I wish all students a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Have a relaxing holiday and return in January refreshed and ready for more effort and achievement. The Year 10 Team


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T he approach to Christmas is always a busy time, and nowhere more so than in the Music Department, who have been in demand in a wide variety of situa-tions over the past half term. Tea Dance Some of our Year 11 GCSE students per-formed at a ‘Tea Dance’ for the elderly at the Rembrandt Hotel, Wey-mouth. We sang a variety of songs and carols, mostly unaccompanied, all of which were well received. Community Lecture For the first time this half term students performed before one of the School’s ‘Community Lecture’s’ organised by Richard Cain. The lecture in question was entitled ‘Rock Guitar in 11 dimensions’, and so it seemed appropriate for the lecture to begin with two of our own Bands performing. This they did with style and panache, and were wildly applauded by the audience. University of the 3rd Age We were once again visited by the Univer-sity of the Third Age: an organisation that supports the arts and other intellectual pur-suits across the country. For their visit we staged a concert by our Year 12 and 13 students. They all performed impressively, and gained essential practice for their exam recitals which will take place in 2010. Dorset County Orchestra The School’s Junior Choir, Castlefield Sing-ers, took part in a concert with the Dorset County Orchestra at St Mary’s Church. They sang extracts from Tchaikovsky’s Nut-cracker and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suites. This was our first joint project with the DCO, and it worked well. Particularly impressive were our two soloists, Natalie Popkin and Jenny Featherstone, who sang Solveig’s Song. Hardye’s Hop More recently the Department presented its second ‘Haryde’s Hop’ concert, containing items from Jazz, Rock, Pop, and Folk gen-res. The remarkable thing about this con-

cert is that all students sign themselves up, and do all their own rehearsal without guid-ance or pressure from teachers. The re-sults were astounding – 13 top quality per-formances from bands, soloists, small en-sembles, and even the school’s flute choir! Visit to Wessex FM We are ever grateful to Kieran Williams in Reprographics and his colleague Steve Bulley the Manager of Wessex FM, for help-ing to arrange a visit to the radio station with our Year 11 BTEC Music students this half term. They were treated to some out-standing commercial jingles, interview tech-niques and even made a new jingle for Steve himself. This experience and knowl-edge has contributed greatly to the course-work Podcasts they are presently creating. Concert Band and the Remembrance Service This year, for the first time, the Concert Band provided the Service with a new and fresh musical contribution in the form of two stirring marches for the CCF parade at the School gates. The CCF Band is pres-ently being re-structured and new members are currently working towards the establish-ment of a new Corps of Drums which it is anticipated will join the Concert Band at the next Remembrance Service and at other occasions during the rest of the year. Mark Lewney and the 11 Dimensions of Guitar AS and A2 Music Technology students where privileged to have a close encounter with Mark Lewney in a presentation regard-ing the science and characteristics of sound neatly delivered using an electric guitar virtuoso performance coupled with

Music News


“The fact that the new shopping centre opened that morning ... and we arrived three hours later is, of course, a total coincidence.”

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off-beat humour. This then slipped very subtly into super string the-ory, a theoretical Physicists para-dise, which all found mind bog-gling and fascinat-ing. Choir Report by Peter Oakes On 4th November the Choir made its annual visit to Bath Abbey. The fact that the new shopping centre opened that morn-ing at 8 pm, and we arrived three hours later is, of course, a total coincidence. The Choir was around forty-eight in num-ber, and, as ever, enjoyed singing in the beautiful acoustic and space that is the Abbey. Our two soloists, Ellie Goldsack and Nic Burn, sang so well that the clergyman there commented on how much better the two were than similar, more experienced, visiting soloists who had been at a service earlier in the year. Both soloists and Choir sang with energy and commitment. Just ten days later, Imperial College Sym-

phony Orchestra joined us in St Mary’s Church to perform Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Handel’s Zadok the Priest. The Orchestra played Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony. The event was a great success, with the choir excelling in the first half, and the Orchestra in the second. As Christmas approaches we look forward to a well deserved rest, and all the Musical opportunities that the new year has to of-fer. Mr J Baker Director of Music


“…The

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Phew! What a busy time it’s been! We’re hoping Father Christmas will fulfil our Christmas wish for a well-deserved, relaxing break over the festive season, for staff and students alike, as we draw this hugely suc-cessful term to a close. With a multitude of theatre trips, museum days and guest speakers visiting the school, it is now a time to reflect upon the achievements of our students and congratulate everyone for their energy and efforts over the last 14 weeks. Students in Years 10 and 11 have been attending coursework club after school to improve their GCSE folders. These sessions have allowed staff to work one-to-one with those looking for clarification, support and a boost in confidence. The introduction of chocolate biscuits has also been a welcome incentive! Well done to those students who have made the most of this support. To spread the Christmas cheer, on 16th De-cember, Mr Bewley is taking the students of 9BD to Maiden Castle Nursing Home to perform scenes from ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. This will provide an enter-taining afternoon for the residents, as well as improve the public speaking and drama skills of the students.

There has been a fantastic response to the news of a theatre trip to Stratford-upon-Avon on 30th March 2010 to see the RSC production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The trip has been offered to all Year 11 students on the condition that their work across all sub-jects is up to date and complete by the time of the trip. It will be a great opportunity to revise the dramatic plot, as well as Shake-speare’s presentation of colourful character and powerful themes. At the time of writ-ing, there are some tickets still available so bring your permission slip to the English Staff Base as soon as possible! Advanced Notice:

• Theatre trip to see ‘Journey’s End’ on 3rd February – all Years wel-come.

• ‘English Language Live’ event on 9th February for all A Level English Language students in Years 12 and 13 – there are still some places left for these students

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas

and a Happy New Year – see you in January 2010!

Miss Lincoln

Seasons Greetings from the English Department!

Food News The A2 Food Technology students have just visited The Good Food Show at the NEC. They enjoyed the day visiting a huge array of manufacturers/suppliers/farmers involved in the food and drink industry, and they were able to meet up with a few famous names including Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White and The Hairy Bikers to name a few! The visit is particularly helpful in supporting their major coursework projects. Year 11 Food Technology students are be-ing given the opportunity to enter The Ro-tary Young Chef of the Year competition, which we were so pleased to win last year

– they need to design and make a healthy 2-course meal for under £10. We are de-lighted that Steve Titman, Executive Chef at

the Summer Lodge Hotel, is going to help with judging and coaching again this

year. Year 10 Food and Nutrition students are also invited to enter the ‘Yes Chef!’ competi-tion run by The Enterprise

and Skills Company—again they have to make and serve a 2-course meal, and first-round judging will be carried out by two local chefs.


“…highly creative

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I n the Dance Department this term we have been lucky enough to see two in-spiring performances. Rambert Dance Company performed three exciting

pieces at the Poole Lighthouse all of which were highly creative with breathtaking per-formers to inspire. We also saw Matthew Bourne’s latest pro-duction ‘Dorian Gray’ in Woking. This proved to be an amazing piece of physical theatre set in the 21st Century with ingen-ious use of set and a contemporary score.

Again it was highly original and the dancers excelled. Our School Dance Show on 19th November was very successful. The students displayed a wide range of curriculum based work and some pieces produced during extra curricu-lar activities. Much work had been choreo-graphed by the students themselves. Congratulations to all involved!

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I would like to thank the Year 9, 10 and 11 students who are taking part in the Span-ish Lower School exchange this year. They proved to be excellent hosts when the Spanish students from Pedro de Luna’s secondary school in Zaragoza came to Dor-chester at the end of October. We are all looking forward to visiting Spain in March!

Our Sixth Form students will be going to Barcelona in February as part of the ex-change with the “Maristas-La Inmaculada” secondary school and they are equally ex-cited! ¡Feliz Navidad a todos y Feliz Año! Miss S Garcia

Spanish


PE News

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Girls PE Netball The netball team has done well this term against some strong opposition at the local area tournaments and against Purbeck. U14 Won 6-5 U15 Won 11-3 U15 South and West Area Tournament v Beaminster Lost 8-11 v Wey Valley Won 15-4 v Budmouth Lost 9-10 U14 South and West Area Tournament v All Saints Won 7-0 v Wey Valley Won 4-1 v Beaminster Lost 2-3 v Woodroffe Lost 2-8 Hockey Hockey Club has seen consist numbers turning up to the clubs and the teams have had some tough matches but have never given up—and with four more hockey matches left until the end of term, hope-fully the girls can get a few more wins! Match results so far 1st V1 v Milton Abbey W5-2

1ST V1 v Leweston L3-0 U15 v All Saints L1-0 U15 v Queen Elizabeth L4-0 U14 v Sunninghill L2-0 U14/U15 v Colfox L4-0 U16 v All Saints L4-1 Cross Country The girls recently took part in the Leweston Cross Country relays and The Thomas Hardye School team came 15th out of thirty schools which included a large amount of independent schools—well done to all those who took part with a special mention to Hillary Hansford and Caroline Goode who came 15th and 21st respectively. Miss Priest is also running Trampolining Club this term and is hoping to open it up to more girls after Christmas. Well done to all those girls who have repre-sented the School in a sport this term. Mrs L Dean Head of Girls PE

Rugby 1ST XV v Avon College DMC 74 – 0 Won v St Bartholomews DMC 12 – 39 Lost Congratulations to Sophie Bishop and Harriet Cumber who have been selected for the Under 18 Dorset and Wilts Girls Rugby teams. U16 v Canford CC 17 – 7 Won v Bryanston CC 14 – 12 Won v Gryphon CC Final 0 – 9 Lost The annual Rugby 10’s Tournaments held at Dorchester Rugby Club. Under 16 – 10’s Tournament Champions. The Under 16’s have reached the final of the County Cup and are due to play against The Gryphon. Congratulations to Max Buckler and Tom Lawday who have been selected for Bath Acad-emy Training. U15 v Poole Grammar DMC 10 – 5 Won v Poole High DMC 47 – 7 Won The Under 15’s remain unbeaten and have reached the 4th round of the Daily Mail Cup (National). Under 15’s - 10’s tournament cancelled due to weather.

“…hopefully the girls can get a few more wins!.”


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U14 v Poole Grammar 12 – 12 Draw v Woodroffe 51 – 7 Won The annual Rugby 10’s tournaments are taking place this week held at Dorchester Rugby Club Under 14 A team – Winners B team – 4th place Congratulations to Samantha Newbery who has been selected for the Under 15 Dorset and Wilts Girls Rugby team

Football 1st XI v Ferndown Upper County Cup 8 – 0 Won

Dorset Under 19 County trialists - Neil Kellaway, Sam Powell, Connor Flood U16 v Lytchett Minster County Cup 1 – 0 Lost

Congratulations to Martin Weston who has been selected for the Dorset U16

Football team. U15 v Ferndown Upper County Cup 10 - 6 Won (AET) v Millfield National Cup 0 – 1 Lost The Under 15’s remain unbeaten have reached the 4th round of the National Cup and the Quarter Finals of the County Cup. U15 County Trialists – Tom Wade, Tom Hillyar, Justin Smith and Frank Budden. U14 v Wey Valley National Cup 3 – 2 Won v Highcliffe National Cup 2 – 3 Lost U14 County trialists: Ross Bowditch, Brandon Heal, Sam Fudge, Adam Wash, Jonathan Rapson, Milo Shackleford, Taylor Quinton, Dan Smith and Harry Ingram. 6th form basketball is proving to be a great success with Alex Furhnam coaching the team on Thursday evening. This is the first time the school has been involved in the Un-der 18 Dorset basketball league. The school team is being kindly sponsored by Doug Olley Albany Interiors Ltd. v Budmouth 59 – 26 Lost BTEC Year 11 BTEC Sport students have undertaken the first of three visits to Broadstone First School. The students led warm-ups and six fitness tests to groups of Year 4 students. The BTEC students completed the task as part of their ongoing assessment. Their conduct and attitude towards the planning and im-plementation on the sessions was exemplary. Mr G Hughes Head of PE


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It has been an action-packed start to the year for the Geography department. The Year 9 Geographers have made an excel-lent start and are showing a great under-standing of different topics. They are cur-rently competing in groups of four, for the best oracy skills in the year. As the Copen-hagen meeting gets underway discussing what targets to set, our Year 9s are one step ahead in working out what is the best possible solution to climate change. The debates are certainly heating up. We are also ready to host the Worldwise Challenge to be held at The Thomas Hardye School on 8th December. This is a national competition, and we are all set to welcome Lytchett Minster, Canford School, Bourne-mouth School for Girls and Poole Grammar.

Undoubtedly the competition will be fierce but it’s a great opportunity for our Year 10 students who are taking part. Professor Iain Stewart also visited recently (see photo below). He not only presented a very informative and balanced piece on climate change as part of the Community Lectures, but also gave a very interesting presentation on Hazard Perception, particu-larly in reference to tectonics which the Year 13s massively benefited from. We would also like to say a massive thank you to the County Council for their help in developing our displays in the Humanities corridor. We now have some stunning im-ages from all over the world to inspire our Geographers.

Geography in the News

Tom Hearing and Abi Davies with Iain Stewart

“…stunning images from all over the world.”

The Child Protection Policy and Safeguarding Policy are available on the Every Child Matters page on the school website.

Copies of all policies related to Safeguarding are also available from the School on request.

Safeguarding of Students


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Year 11 bilingual students Keziah Element, Grace Kirby and John Hounsell will be visit-ing the British Embassy in Paris in Spring 2010 following their success in this year’s French Passport to Export competition sponsored by UK Trade & Investment. At a celebration event held on 2nd December , a panel from the UKTI team at the British Embassy in Paris judged the business ideas presented by five teams via video link to the school theatre. The winning team “Marché internet” developed an i-phone application ‘Le maître du marché’ (‘The market master’) to help the French find markets at home and abroad, the range of produce sold at each market including local specialities, together with opening times and a location finder. The ‘companies’ were set up in September and were mentored to develop their own creative industry products or services suit-able for export to France by school staff and also by Nick Field from UK Trade & Investment, Dominic Tambling from Crea-tive Dorset and Jacques Piriou from the Regional Language Network. The students broadened their understanding of cultural and language issues by using French in a

business context. Researching and select-ing overseas markets, routes to market and practical issues like shipping costs and VAT were key to their success. Tim Lawson from a rival team ‘La souris affamée’ (‘the starving mouse’) has also won a place on the trip for the best poster design/marketing campaign advertising another product designed to keep cheese cool. Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Chris Buckland who taught the students was very impressed by the teams' enthusiastic hard work - "All the students who took part gained a valuable and rare experience. They improved their language skills, their pronunciation and intonation and also learned how to make a speech in a foreign language, in front of an audience and busi-ness judges. They had to work to a very tight deadline and become efficient team members, make decisions and meet chal-lenging expectations. They were brilliant. I am tremendously proud of them." The students’ presentations can be viewed on www.filmsforlearning.org.

Passport to Export Competition 2009

Passport to Export

Tim Lawson’s Poster

Team Winners John Hounsell, Keziah Element and Grace Kirby with Nick Field


Large numbers are again applying to Higher Education this year. So far we have 270 students applying and to date 232 forms have been sent to UCAS. Many more students applying to Higher Education are being asked to interview and we have been putting on a programme of practice sessions to support students. Those who have been interviewed at Ox-ford and Cambridge should hear the re-sults just before and after Christmas. Nearly fifty Sixth Formers spent a splendid weekend in Paris at the end of November in glorious weather. Students toured the usual sites and enjoyed the Parisian life-style. The Student Union have been very active with charity work over the last half term. They organised a week’s events for Chil-dren in Need, sold ribbons for World Aids Day and have supported Christmas pre-sents for the Dorchester Women’s Refuge. They organised arm-wrestling, snooker and a Christmas bauble competition. A team of students have organised and supported the Amnesty International campaign to send postcards to individuals across the world to support their human rights. Oth-ers have supported a Fair Trade chocolate

campaign for Christmas presents. Both Year Groups have been working ex-tremely hard as we near the end of term. Year 13 ‘A’ level students have had prac-tice exams, many are completing course-work including IB Extended Essays and a large number are preparing for the exter-nal module exams in January. A large number of students have taken advantage of work experience this term. The reports from employers have been excellent and students have gained vital experience and skills for their future appli-cations. The Training and Employment programme has worked very well this term. Every stu-dent has been interviewed and many have seen the Connexions Service. We are now supporting them to make deci-sions and applications. The Sixth Form will end this extremely busy term with a day trip to Oxford where they can sight- see, ice skate or finish pur-chasing their Christmas presents.

Sixth Form

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IMPORTANT DATES 17th Carol Service, St Peter’s Church 18th 6th Form Oxford trip Y9 & 10 Talent Comp. Christmas Friday Live (lunchtime) TERM ENDS January 2010 4th TERM BEGINS 6th Form external exams begin 12th Yr9 Careers 18th Yr11 Reports home this week 20th Whizz Bang Science 25th Community Lecture 27th Yr11 PSHCE morning 28th Concert at St Mary’s Café Scientifique 4pm 29th Yr11 Health Day 30th CCF Ten Tors Walk Day February 1st Yr13 Reports home this week 2nd Yr11 Half YrL Subject Consultation Evening 3rd 6th F. exch. to Spain Yr11 PSHCE am 4th Yr11 Half YrM Subject Consultation Evening 5th Battle of the Bands Yr13 Photography Trip 6F Philosophy & Ethics Conference 8th Yr9 Reviews home this week Yr9 Options Evening 9th Sci.Coll. Darwin Day (6th Form) 10th THS Choir at Kings College, London 11th New York/Washington trip departs 6th Form Recital Eve. HALF TERM BEGINS FOR STUDENTS 12th Staff Day 22nd RETURN TO SCHOOL If you would like further information on any article

in this issue of Newslines, please contact the member of staff concerned.

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THE THOMAS HARDYE SCHOOL

Snow If the School is closed because of snow, it will be announced on local radio stations (Wessex FM, 2CR and Radio Solent) - if there is no announcement, we are OPEN. If possible (and safe) we would ask you to send your children to School. If your child’s school bus is not running in the morning to school (because of bad weather) then it will not run in the afternoon to bring children home. If you bring your child to school you will be responsible for collecting them at the end of the school day. If the School is to be closed during the day as the weather deteriorates, the Headteacher (or his representative) will make the decision and students will be allowed home in a safe and secure manner. All students are asked to con-tact parents by ‘phone and should remain in School if they are unable to go home. All students are told to go straight home. Please do not telephone the School if the weather may be deteriorating—we will send students home if the situation merits it.

Mobile ‘Phones There appears to have been some confusion recently over mobile ‘phones. The policy is very clear—any student in Years 9-11 found in possession of a mobile ‘phone will have it confiscated immediately. The ‘phone will then have to be collected by parents. IT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE STUDENT. In relation to Sixth Form students, at no time should a student use a ‘phone or have it switched on in a lesson. If this occurs, it will be confiscated. Personal Music Players No student in Years 9-11 should have a personal music player in School—again these will be confiscated and the same rules for collection apply. Sixth Form students should not use personal music players around School or in lessons—they must be confined to the Sixth Form Centre.

Mobile ‘Phones & Personal Music Players

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